Windrower-rod connector.



F. & F. A. BLOGKI.

WINDROWER ROD CONNECTOR.

APPLIQATION FILED DEO.1Z, 1910.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

FRANZ BLOCKI AND FRANK A. BLOCKI, OF SI-IEBOYGAN, WISCO NSIN.

WINDROWER-ROD CONNECTOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

Application filed December 12, 1910. Serial No. 596,977.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, FRANZ BLOOKI and FRANKA. Bnoonr, citizens of the United States, residing in Sheboygan, in thecounty of Sheboygan and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and usefulImprovements in lVindrower-Rod Connectors, of which the following is adescription, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which area part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in windrower rod connectors andmore particularly to the connection for coupling windrower rods to acutting mechanism.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a connector forpivotally fastening windrower rods to a cutting mechanism which issimple in construction and operation and which consists of the minimumnumber of parts.

A further object of the invention is to provide a windrower rodconnector which is adapted to be rigidly connected to a windrower rodand pivotally connected to a cutting mechanism or an attachment thereforor to both an attachment and a cutting mechanism.

With the above, andother objects in View, the invention consists of theconnector and its parts and combinations as set forth in the claims, andall equivalents thereof.

In the accompanying drawing in which the same reference charactersindicate the same parts in all of the views: Figure 1 is a top view of aportion of acutting mechanism and guards coupled thereto by the improvedconnectors; Fig. 2 is a side View thereof; Fig. 3 is a top view of theconnector shown connected to a cutting finger and its attachment and toa part of a rod, the finger and its attachments being shown in section;Fig. 4 is an inverted bottom view of the connector shown connected to arod; Fig. 5 is a central vertical sectional view of the connector and aportion of the rod taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 4; and, Fig. 6 is a frontview of the connector and an end view of the rod.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 10 indicates the fixed bar of acutting mechanism, 11 the cutting fingers connected thereto, 12 thefinger attachments or guards which are pivotally connected to thefingers by the connector members 13 and 14 the bers and the transversebar are also formed integral with the body portion. The windrower rod Mextends through the rod opening 20 and engages the body portion betweenthe side fianges thereof and is rigidly fastened to said body portion bymeans of the rivet 21 which passes through rivet openings 22 and 23provided in the rod end and the body portion respectively. The sideflanges of the body portion and the rear wardly and downwardly extendingside members thereof serve to prevent the rod from swinging laterallyand the-transverse bar 19 serves to support the rod and to prevent adownward strain on the rivet 21. The body portion, the flanges, the sidemembers and the transverse bar are so positioned with relation to eachother that the opening 20 is formed of suflicient size to just permitthe insertion of the end of the windrower rod therethrough and have itrest on the upper surface of the transverse bar and also against thelower surface of the body portion as clearly shown in the drawing.

The eyed ears of the connector are adapted to straddle the rear endportions of the finger and the guard and to be pivotally connectedthereto by abolt 24: which extends through the eyes 25 of the ears 17and through openings 26 and 27 provided in the rear ends of the fingerand the guard respectively. This bolt not only serves to pivotallyconnect the rodto the cutting mechanism but also serves to fasten theguard to the finger thus simplifying the construction.

While the connector is shown as coupling the rod to the guard and thefinger, it is to be understood that it may be coupled to either memberof the cutting mechanism or to another part thereof without departingfrom the spirit of the invention.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the connector isvery simple in construction and is Well adapted to perform the functionsdesired.

What we claim as our invention is:

1. A connector for a WindroWer rod, com prising a body portion having anend opening formed therein, arms secured to said body portion andextending outwardly therefrom, rearwardly extending side membersintegral with said body and adjacent said opening, a transverse barsecured to said members adjacent the opening in the body portion andpositioned below the plane of said portion, a seat in said body portion,the windrower rod resting on said transverse bar and said seat wherebymovement of said rod with respect to said body portion is prevented andmeans for rigidly securing said rod in position on the connector.

2. A connector for a Windrower rod, comprising a body portion having anend openby movement of said rod' With respect to said body portion isprevented, and means passing through the end of the rod and the bodyportion for rigidly securing said rod in position on the connector.

In testimony whereof We aflix our signatures, in presence of twoWitnesses.

FRANZ BLOGKI. FRANK A. BLOCKI.

Witnesses THEo. BENFEY, ELsIE LOEBEL.

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Washington, D. C.

